BS 6883&BS7917 STANDARD Offshore & Marine Cables 
LV Flame Retardant Power & Control Cables

 150/250V HF-EPR Insulated, SW2/SW4 Sheathed, Individually Screened Unarmoured Flame Retardant Instrumentation & Control Cables

BS 6883&BS7917 STANDARD Offshore & Marine Cables

Application
These elastomeric insulated cables are designed for fixed wiring in ships and on mobile offshore units, suitable for use in instrumentation, lighting and control circuits.

Standards
 BS 6883
 IEC 60332-3A Flame retardant
 IEC 60754-1; IEC 60754-2 Corrosivity
 IEC 61034-2 Smoke density
 Cold bend and impact (-40°C) (on request)
 CSA C22.2 No. 38-95 (on request)

Construction
 Conductor: Tinned copper wire stranded circular cl. 2 BS 6360/IEC 60228.
 Insulation: HF-EPR GP4 according to BS 7655 1.2.
 Lay-up: Pairs, triples, quads.
 Individual Screen: Aluminium/polyester tape + drain wire tinned copper.
 Sheath: Halogen free thermosetting compound SW4 according to BS 7655 2.6 or reduced halogen thermosetting compound SW2 according to BS 7655 2.6.

Mechanical and Thermal Properties

Minimum Internal Bending Radius: 8×OD
Temperature Range: -40℃ ~ +90℃

Dimensions and Weight

Construction
No. of cores×Cross section(mm²)

Nominal Insulation Thickness
mm

Nominal Sheath Thickness
mm

Minimum Overall Diameter
mm

Maximum Overall Diameter
mm

Approx. Weight
kg/km

Multipair

1×2×0.75

0.8

1.0

7.3

9.0

90

3×2×0.75

0.8

1.2

12.6

14.5

200

7×2×0.75

0.8

1.4

16.9

19.0

390

12×2×0.75

0.8

1.6

21.2

23.7

630

20×2×0.75

0.8

1.9

27.0

29.8

1010

27×2×0.75

0.8

2.0

30.8

33.9

1320

37×2×0.75

0.8

2.2

35.9

39.3

1560

1×2×1

0.8

1.0

7.7

9.5

100

3×2×1

0.8

1.3

13.5

15.5

240

7×2×1

0.8

1.4

18.0

20.1

470

12×2×1

0.8

1.7

22.8

25.4

780

20×2×1

0.8

1.9

28.8

31.6

1230

27×2×1

0.8

2.1

32.8

36.0

1630

37×2×1

0.8

2.3

38.5

42.3

2180

Multitriple

1×3×0.75

0.8

1.0

7.7

9.4

100

3×3×0.75

0.8

1.3

14.2

16.2

250

7×3×0.75

0.8

1.5

19.7

22.1

500

12×3×0.75

0.8

1.7

24.4

27.1

830

1×3×1

0.8

1.1

8.4

10.1

120

3×3×1

0.8

1.3

15.0

17.2

300

7×3×1

0.8

1.5

21.0

23.5

610

12×3×1

0.8

1.8

26.2

28.9

1020

Multiquad

1×4×0.75

0.8

1.1

8.6

10.4

120

3×4×0.75

0.8

1.4

16.4

18.5

310

7×4×0.75

0.8

1.6

22.1

24.7

620

1×4×1

0.8

1.1

9.1

10.9

140

3×4×1

0.8

1.4

17.5

19.6

360

7×4×1

0.8

1.6

23.6

26.2

740